Ninth-inning rally lifts Endicott over PSC

Apr 26, 2002

PLYMOUTH, N.H. - Endicott College scored seven
runs with two outs in the ninth inning Friday and went on to post
an 11-6 victory over Plymouth State College in a non-conference
baseball game at Panther Park.

The victory improves Endicott to 18-12 overall, while Plymouth
State drops to 13-16-1.

The outcome spoiled what was a strong outing by PSC junior
lefthander Owen Burke (Sanbornton, N.H.). He
struck out a career-high 12 batters through eight-and-two thirds
innings, but couldn't finish off the Power Gulls and took the loss
to drop to 1-2.

With the score tied at 4-4, Burke retired the first two batters
in the ninth inning, but the next eight Power Gulls reached base,
on six hits and two Panther errors. Before the damage was done,
Endicott had scored seven times. Sophomore Matt Plante (North
Bennington, Vt.) had a two-run homer in the inning, and freshmen
Greg Allain (Berlin, N.H.) and Pat Vincent (Manchester, N.H.) and
junior Dustin Aiguier (Brewster, Mass.) added RBI hits.

PSC plated two runs in the bottom of the ninth, but it was too
little, too late.